A 1076-2 Mahāpathaprasthāna
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 1076/2
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 31.5 x 4.3 cm x 40 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Maithili
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date: NS 545
Acc No.: NAK 3/365
Remarks: Svargārohaṇaparvan
Reel No. A 1076/2
Inventory No. 97296
Title Mahāpathaprasthāna
Remarks The text is assigned to the Svargārohaṇaparvan of the Mahābhārata.
Author Vyāsa
Subject Purāṇa
Language Sanskrit
Text Features Though assigned to the Mahābhārata, the text appears to be an independent work.
Manuscript Details
Script Maithili
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete and damaged
Size 31.5 x 4.3 cm
Binding Hole one in the centre
Folios 40
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation figures in the right margin of the verso.
Date of Copying NS 545 phālgunakṛṣṇa 5
King Jagajjyotirmalla
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 3/365
Manuscript Features
The first folio is missing and two folios are rubbed off. The MS is protected with a wooden cover.
Excerpts
Beginning
[parῑṣin nā]ma rājendra viṣṇutulyaparākramaḥ |
takṣakeṇa purā daṣṭaḥ saṃprāpto maraṇaṃ nṛpaḥ ||
tasya putro mahāvῑryo rājā janmejayaḥ śubhaḥ |
bubhuje pṛthivῑṃ sarvvāṅ kaṇṭakaiḥ parivarjjitāṃ ||
mahādvāre mahāpuṇye vasate hastināpure |
etasminn antare vyāsaḥ svargalokāt samāgataḥ || etc. (fol. 2r)
End
abhāryā labhate bhāryā(fol. !) aputro labhate sutaṃ |
nirddhano dhanam āpnoti vyādhino(fol. !) vyādhinā tyajet ||
gotrāś ca varddate(fol. !) ʼtyarthan lokaiś ca mānyate dhruvaṃ |
brahmahatyādikam pāpaṃ mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ ||
rogaśokavinirmmuktaḥ sarvvaduṣṭanivāraṇaṃ |
sarvvasaukhyasamāyuktaṃ(fol. !) viṣṇuloke mahīyate ||
iti mahābhārate vācyamāne sarggārohaṇamahāpathaprasthānaṃ samāptam iti ||
(fols. 40v-41r)
Colophon
śrῑmannepālavarṣe viśiṣayugaśare phālguṇe māsakṛṣṇe
pañcamyāḥ anvabādhe’śvaragurusvadine vajrayoge ‘timukho |
rāmāṇāṃ jῑvabhūtaḥ kusumaśarasamo bhāti gobhāmadāyāḥ
so yaṃ śrῑrāmagupto likhitadṛḍhamatiḥ śāstra svarggāvarohaṃ || ||
ādiṣṭam iṣṭapatreṣu dṛṣṭvā tu tvaritena ca |
vṛddhihῑnākṣaran tatra bahavas santi patrake ||
śodhitu naiva śaknomi medhāvῑ bālyakena ca |
śodhyatāṃ vibudhais sarvaiḥ yathāśuddhaṃ tathā kuru || ||
śubham astu sarvvajagatām iti || || (fol. 41r)
rājādhirāja-śrῑśrῑmajjagajjyotimalladevavijayarājye || mahāmātraśrῑrājasiṃhadevaḥ | mahāmātraśrῑnāthasiṃhadeva etayoḥ śirobhūtaprastāvakṣaṇe || likhitaṃ saṃpūrṇṇaṃ kṛtam iti || (fol. 41v)
Sub-colophon
iti svarggārohaṇe prathamo dhyāyaḥ || (fol. 14v)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 1076/2
Date of Filming 20-02-86
Exposures 44
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Remarks
Catalogued by DA
Date 2002
